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minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·4 days ago Modern times in the west it means anyone left of AOC. That would be a large swathe of Europe, so… no.
minus-squareRangerJosey@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down9·4 days agoOh I meant the US framing. Here. Bernie Sanders is literally Stalin. In Europe he’s what? Left leaning moderate?
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 days agoFairly normal social democrat. Sort of person that, in the UK, might be just to the left of the current Labor party leadership (but right of a lot of the party) or on the SocDem end of the LibDems.
That would be a large swathe of Europe, so… no.
Oh I meant the US framing.
Here. Bernie Sanders is literally Stalin. In Europe he’s what? Left leaning moderate?
Fairly normal social democrat.
Sort of person that, in the UK, might be just to the left of the current Labor party leadership (but right of a lot of the party) or on the SocDem end of the LibDems.